Tobacco pouch



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Martinetti JACOB KINSEY, 0F PHLADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOBACCO POUCH.

Application led April 12,

To all fwtom 'it may concern Be it known that l, JACOB Kinsey, a citizenof the United States, residing at lhiladelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tobacco Pouches, of which the following is aspecification.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide acomparatively inexpensive pocket tobacco pouch from which tobacco may bedischarged in the exact quantities desired for use by very simplemanipulation and which is normally automatically closed in such a waythat the contents is coniined and is not wasted.

To these and other ends hereinafter' set forth the invention, stated ingeneral terms, comprises a pocket tobacco pouch consisting of a tubularbody, as of leather, having open ends of which oneis larger than theother and provided at the larger end with a closing flap and at thesmaller end with a spring for spreading it intoI closed position andpermitting of its being opened by manual compression of the spring. Theinvention also comprises the improvements to be presently described andfinally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanyingdrawings forming part hereof and in which Figure l is anelevationalrview of a tobacco pouch embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2&2 of Figure l, and

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line of Figure l showing hon7 thespring closes the discharge end of the pouch by spreading it.

In the drawings l is the body of the pouch and it is of tubular form andmay be made of leather or like material. The opening at the filling end2 is larger than the 1921. Serial No. 460,548.

opening at the discharge end 3, and the body is shown to follow curvedlines between its ends. At the end 2 there is a iiap et shown asprovided with a snap fastener or button 5. 6 is a spring arranged in thepouch and which operates to spread the smaller end 3 of the tubular bodyso as to close it as shown in Fig. 3, but by compressing the spring anopening is provided at the smaller end for the emission of its contentsor tobacco. The ends of the spring are shown as secured to the innerwall of the pouch by stitching indicated at T.

in use the pouch is lled through the opening 2 by opening the flap t,which is thereafter closed as by means of the fastening 5. lo Withdrawtobacco the ends of the spring 6 are pressed together which causesseparation of the Walls 8 and 9, Fig. 3, so that the tobacco can iiowont, and upon releasing the ends of the spring the latter spreads theend 3 of the pouch and brings the walls 8 and 9 into contact with eachother, thus automatically closing the pouch.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that modications may bemade in details of construction and arrangement without departing fromthe spirit of the invention which is not limited as to those matters orotherwise than as the prior art and the appended claim may require.

I claim:

A tubular tobacco pouch of curved con-l tour between its ends of whichone is larger than the other and having the smaller end open all the wayacross, and provided with a closing flap for the larger end and with aspring for the smaller end and having stitches for securing the ends ofthe spring to the. side Walls of the pouch.

JACOB KINSEY.

